August 2010
8 posts
Easy measures to cope with extraordinary traffic... →
From time to time one of our portfolio companies gets to be featured on a prime time TV show (A Current Affair, Today Tonight…). This has obvious benefits for the business in terms of…
Barcode Hero Attacks In-Store Shopping With An... →
You’re likely aware of Foursquare, the location-based service that turns checking-in to venues into a game of sorts. You may also be aware of StickyBits, an app that turns barcodes into message boards
Best Buy Rolls Out Shopkick’s Geo-Coupon System To... →
Best Buy is rolling out an in-store mobile couponing system in conjunction with a startup called shopkick. The system will be in place in 187 stores by tomorrow and 257 stores by October…
Why Location-Based Social Media Needs to Get... →
Jesse Thomas is the CEO and Founder of JESS3, a Creative Interactive Agency. JESS3 designs products and experiences for brands like Google, Nike,…
A Private, Anti-Foursquare To Geo-Fence Those Neer... →
If you are going to launch a new location app, creating an anti-Foursquare is probably not a bad idea. About a week ago, a Qualcomm-incubated project called Neer quietly launched on the…
Why I’d Use Shopkick But Not Foursquare →
Sometimes it feels like I am the only one in the world who is not into Foursquare. Or at least the only one in Silicon Valley. Or at least the only one who works for TechCrunch. I’m…
Promiscuous Adoption: A tale of two companies →
By now you know that Flipboard is one of my favorite new companies of 2010 and, while they’ve pretty much caught up to the initial demands on their servers, spent two weeks just getting slammed with…
Startups and Babies: Guest Post by Chris Hitchen →
This is a guest post by Chris Hitchen, CEO at getprice.com.au in celebration of Mick’s new son, Samuel.
Startups and babies…
The launch date is never certain and often late
It doesn’t…